作者简介
Caesar(C.Iulius,102–44BCE),statesmanandsoldier,defiedthedictatorSulla;servedintheMithridaticwarsandinSpain;pushedhiswayinRomanpoliticsasa’democrat’againstthesenatorialgovernment;wastherealleaderofthecoalitionwithPompeyandCrassus;conqueredallGaulforRome;attackedBritaintwice;wasforcedintocivilwar;becamemasteroftheRomanworld;andachievedwide-reachingreformsuntilhismurder.WehavehisbooksofCommentarii(notes):eightonhiswarsinGaul,58–52BC,includingthetwoexpeditionstoBritain55–54,andthreeonthecivilwarof49–48.Theyarerecordsofhisowncampaigns(withoccasionaldigressions)invigorous,direct,clear,unemotionalstyleandinthethirdperson,theaccountofthecivilwarbeingsomewhatmoreimpassioned.Thereisnorhetoric.
